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GetClassInfoEx

The GetClassInfoEx function retrieves information about a window class, including the handle of the small icon associated with the window class.

VB4-32,5,6
Declare Function GetClassInfoEx Lib "user32" Alias "GetClassInfoExA" (ByVal hInstance As Long, ByVal lpClassName As String, lpWndClass As WNDCLASSEX) As Long

Operating Systems Supported
Requires Windows NT 3.5(1) or later; Requires Windows 95 or later

Library
User32

Parameter Information
- hinst
Identifies the instance of the application that created the class. To retrieve information about classes defined by Windows (such as buttons or list boxes), set this parameter to NULL.

- lpszClass
Points to a null-terminated string containing the class name. The name must be that of a preregistered class or a class registered by a previous call to the RegisterClass function. Alternatively, this parameter can be an integer atom. If this parameter is an integer atom, it must be a global atom created by a previous call to the GlobalAddAtom function. The atom, a 16-bit value less than 0xC000, must be in the low-order word of lpszClass; the high-order word must be zero.

- lpwcx
Points to a WNDCLASSEX structure that receives the information about the class.

Return Values
If the function finds a matching class and successfully copies the data, the return value is nonzero.

If the function does not find a matching class and successfully copy the data, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Last update: 07 April 2006